Check and Log:
Did you find it easy to approach the figure as a whole or were you distracted by details of the sitters dress?
I think I found it easier to approach the figure as a whole rather than focus on the particular detail of the clothes. For me it helped to approach the drawing by aiming to achieve a realistic sense of form rather than saying to myself I need to particularly observe how the clothes sit around the figure. To open my mind to observing all elements of the subject in order to achieve a realistic drawing, without focusing on detail, was how I approached it.
How did you create volume in the folds of the fabric?
In this case I used pen to depict lines and creases and I used the marker pen to indicate light and dark to give the form.
Does the finished drawing give a sense of the figure beneath the fabric? I think it does.
How would you tackle a drawing like this again?
I think it helped me in this case that I had already decided on the media I wanted to use. I then considered how I would use that media to draw the subject. I therefore had the nature of media in mind when I thought about how I would depict the fabric and approached the drawing in that way - letting the media dictate how I would draw. The ink pen enabled me to put in some fine detail and the marker pen enabled me to add broad strokes of shade. Had I decided to use a different medium I would have adapted my whole approach accordingly.
